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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the difference between animals and humans?
(a) Humans can plan for the future.
(b) Animals don't kill each other out of jealousy.
(c) Humans tell each other stories.
(d) Humans have the ability to forgive each other.

2. The Atkinsons are an important family in the Gildsey area for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
(a) They helped drain the marshes by buiding locks and canals.
(b) They ran a famous brewery.
(c) They represented the Gildsey district in parliament.
(d) They owned a major textile factory.

3. Tom Crick's wife, Mary, has been sent to a mental institution. Why?
(a) Tom Crick hit her over the head and she lost her mind.
(b) She has developed Alzheimer's disease.
(c) She stole a baby from a stroller in a supermarket.
(d) She began to scream at odd times of the night.

4. To what does Tom Crick compare the soil of the Fens?
(a) An obese matron.
(b) Phlegm.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Quicksand.

5. What did the inquest decide was the cause of Freddie Parr's death?
(a) Freddie had been robbed and drowned by thugs.
(b) Freddie had been hit on the head with a bottle.
(c) Freddie was drunk, fell in the water, and could not swim.
(d) Freddie had committed suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives the Atkinsons the decisive advantage over the other brewers in the Gildsey area?

2. What sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?

3. Who is the patron saint of Gildsey?

4. What is the object that Dick Crick treats like it is a real person?

5. Which one of the following is NOT one of the ghosts that is said to haunt the marches along the River Leem?

(see the answer key)

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